Gatsby’s Hopes and Dreams for his Future The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald is recognized in American Literature as one of his greatest achievements. Many of Fitzgerald’s works research the Jazz-Age for the single American dream of happiness and wealth (Poupard, Person 146). “Critics concur that The Great Gatsby rises above being a mere chronicle of a past American era, and most believe that the novel’s continued popularity demonstrates modern America’s …showed first 75 words of 1567 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1567 total…and Interpretation in The Great Gatsby.” In Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Great Gatsby. Ed. Ernest Lockridge. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, Inc. 1968. P. 82 –89 Person, James E Jr. and Poupard, Dennis. Twentieth – Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 14. Detroit: Gale Research Company Book Tower. 1984. P.146 – 181. Steinbrink, Jeffrey. “Boats against the Current: Morality and the Myth of Renewal in The Great Gatsby in Twentieth Century Literature”. In Twentieth – Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 14. Detroit: Gale Research Company Book Tower. 1984. P. 146 – 181.